Bard Hernia Mesh Lawyer Update 2026
We are accepting Bard hernia mesh removal or revision cases.
$88 Million Covidien Hernia Mesh Award
$88 million was awarded by a federal jury in Boston on August 4, 2026 to Larry Patterson and his wife for severe injuries caused by his Covidien Symbotex mesh. The Alabama man underwent hernia repair surgery in 2017 and the mesh later caused a serious bowel obstruction requiring a 2020 revision surgery to remove portions of the bowel entangled with mesh and additional reconstructive surgery. Following a three-week trial in Boston federal court, the jurors found that Medtronic’s Covidien unit failed to provide an adequate warning about the dangers posed by the mesh implanted in 2017.
The plaintiffs argued that Patterson and his surgeons were never warned about a potential risk of the Symbotex collagen coating, which was intended to act as a barrier and prevent the bare polyester mesh from being exposed to the intestines while abdominal lining regrows. Symbotex’s coating was made from pig collagen, a shift from the past use of bovine collagen. Patterson’s lawyers argued that the company knew the porcine collagen would not last as long as bovine collagen but failed to warn doctors of the risks.
10,350 plaintiffs nationally are pursuing cases against Medtronic alleging they were harmed after being implanted with products from Covidien hernia mesh including Parietex, ProGrip and Symbotex. Medtronic faces 7450 hernia mesh lawsuits in Massachusetts state court. Another 2,400 lawsuits are consolidated in federal court in MDL 3029before Judge Patti B. Saris in the District of Massachusetts.
Do I Qualify?
Contact us if you have undergone hernia mesh surgery and have experienced complications with a revision surgery scheduled. Call us at 800-814-4540 for a free consultation.
- We can obtain your medical records as strong evidence:
- Implanting Operative Report of Hernia Mesh Surgery
- Implant Product Identification of a Covidien product (Symbotex, Parietex, ProGrip, sticker, lot#)
- Documented complication such as adhesion, bowel obstruction, infection, chronic pain, or recurrence
- Revision or Explanting Mesh Operative Report
- Pathology Report from the Revision or Explanting Mesh surgery
Covidien
Covidien (acquired by Medtronic in 2015) manufactured multiple products varying in design, pore size, polypropylene or polyester composition, gel layers and microgrips. Many are associated with infections due to a collagen covering, adhesions, pain, bowel obstruction, tearing at edges, swelling, fixation failures, tearing, ripping, fixation issues, recurrence, foreign body presence. Products we are reviewing for acceptance criteria with revision include:
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Symbotex
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Parietex Composite Mesh
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Parietex Composite Ventral Patch
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ProGrip Self-Fixating Mesh
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Parietex Optimized Composite Mesh
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Parietex Plug and Patch System
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Parietex Composite Open Skirt (PCO OS) Mesh
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Parietex Optimized Open Skirt Mesh
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Parietex Composite Parastomal (PCO PM) Mesh
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Parietex Composite Hiatal Mesh (PCO 2H)
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Parietex Hydrophilic Anatomical Mesh
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Parietex Folding Mesh
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Parietex Flat Sheet Mesh
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Parietex Lightweight Monofilament Mesh
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Surgipro
The lawsuits allege the manufacturers knew or should have known about the risks of injuries, yet never warned patients and the medical professionals of the dangers. Despite the alarming rates of removal and revision surgeries, infections, adhesions, intestinal blockages, perforations, the manufacturers refused to notify patients and doctors.
BD Reaches Agreement to Resolve Vast Majority of Bard Hernia Litigation
Bard hernia mesh cases have reached a settlement agreement to resolve the litigation according to BD and plaintiffs‘ lawyers. This is GOOD NEWS! Cases pending since 2018 in the MDL were ordered to mediation by the U.S. District Judge presiding over Bard Hernia Mesh MDL Close to 21,000 product liability lawsuits allege that people implanted with hernia mesh suffered painful and debilitating injuries caused by design defects associated with various polypropylene products sold in recent years, including the Bard Ventralight, Bard Ventralex, Bard Perfix Plug, Bard 3DMax, and other similar systems.
As the hernia mesh lawsuits involve common questions of law and similar injuries, the litigation is centralized before U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus in the Southern District of Ohio. The MDL was created in August 2018, where the parties have conducted three bellwether trials to help determine how juries view evidence and testimony that may be repeated throughout the claims. The verdicts in the Bard hernia mesh trials ranged from $0 to $4.8 million for the plaintiffs. One case was tried in Rhode Island state court, outside of the MDL. These cases are summarized below.
$4.8 Million Hernia Mesh Verdict
August 29, 2022: $4.8 million jury verdict was awarded to Paul Trevino, who was implanted with and injured by a Bard Ventralex hernia mesh. The mesh burrowed into Paul’s tissue, causing severe pain and inflammation, resulting in additional surgeries.
$500,000 Hernia Mesh Verdict
November 2023: A jury awarded $500,000 to Aaron Stinson, who was implanted with a XL PerFix Plug
during a right inguinal hernia repair and injured when the mesh balled up in his groin causing severe pain. The
surgeon removed portions of the mesh, then repaired with a Bard Marlex mesh. (Bard Hernia Mesh MDL – Ohio
Court)
$225,000 Bard Hernia Mesh Verdict
April 15, 2022: A $225,000 jury verdict was awarded to Antonio Milanesi, who was implanted with and injured by a Bard Ventralex hernia mesh. The mesh was implanted during a hernia repair in 2007. Later, he developed an infection and bowel abscess caused by the mesh, requiring additional surgeries.
$0 Bard Hernia Mesh Verdict
July 2021: A jury awarded nothing to Steven Johns, who claimed injuries after he was implanted with a Bard
Ventralex ST mesh. (Bard Hernia Mesh MDL – Ohio Court)
Hernia Mesh Complications
Hernia mesh litigation involves mesh that has malfunctioned, causing painful complications requiring surgery to remove, revise or replace the hernia mesh with additional treatment and medication. Serious complications include: Chronic Pain, Abscesses, Infections, Adhesions to the bowel; Bowel blockages, Perforation of organs and tissues, Fistulas, Hernia Mesh erosion, Hernia Mesh rupture; Hernia Mesh shrinkage; Hernia Mesh migration; Hernia Mesh contracture; Wound dehiscence (separation of tissues); Hernia recurrence (as a result of hernia mesh migration and/or contracture).
CR Bard/Davol Hernia Mesh leads the hernia mesh market in the United States. MDL 2846 Davol, Inc./C.R. Bard, Inc. Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation was created and ordered before Chief Judge Edmund Sargus of Columbus, Ohio. Other mesh lawsuits include Ethicon Physiomesh, Covidien mesh, Atrium C-Qur mesh, Gore-tex mesh and Strattice mesh.
Bard Hernia Mesh Products
The Bard/Davol hernia mesh products we are currently investigating for acceptance criteria include:
- PerFix Plug
- PerFix Light Plug
- 3DMax Mesh
- 3DMax Light
- Bard (Marlex) Mesh Dart
- Marlex (AKA Flat Mesh
- Bard Mesh
- Sperma-Tex
- Visilex
- Kugel Hernia Patch
- Modified Kugel Hernia Patch
- Composix Kugel Hernia Patch
- Composix
- Composix E/X
- Composix L/P
- Ventralex
- Ventrio
- Sepramesh IP
- Ventralex ST Patch
- Ventrio ST
- Ventralight ST
Hernia Mesh Revision/Removal
Qualifying hernia mesh lawsuit criteria:
In most states, medical records evidencing the original hernia repair surgery with mesh implanted after 2011 AND:
- Have developed adhesions, scar tissue, hernia recurrence, intestinal blockage, mesh migration, organ perforation and infection more than 30 days from the original hernia mesh implant surgery; and
- Have undergone or have scheduled hernia mesh revision or mesh removal surgery due to mesh complications.
Deadlines Approaching
There are statutes of limitations and statutes of repose which limit the time to file a medical device product liability claim. These deadlines require research into the states’ legislation and briefing the case law to interpret the time limits. In light of the statutes of repose in certain state product liability cases, we may not be able to accept certain cases as follows:
- If the mesh was implanted in Kentucky before 2015, we may not be able to accept the case.
- If the mesh was implanted in Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon or Tennessee, before 2014, we may not be able to accept the case.
- If the mesh was implanted in Florida, North Carolina or Washington before 2011, we may not be able to accept the case.
- If the mesh was implanted in Iowa, Texas or Wisconsin before 2008, we may not be able to accept the case.
The deadline calculations may require further research, so contact us to verify that your deadlines to file a claim have not yet passed.
The plaintiffs argue the hernia mesh manufacturers knew or should have known about the risks of injuries, yet never warned patients and the medical professionals of the dangers. Despite the alarming rates of hernia mesh removal and revision surgeries, infections, adhesions, intestinal blockages, perforations, some of the mesh manufacturers refused to notify patients and doctors and warn of serious complications. Only a few of the hernia mesh products have been recalled and many mesh products are still on the market being implanted in patients.
Do I Have A Case?
Call 1-800-814-4540 or email carolyn@carolynstclair.com for a free consultation. There are time limits and medical records may be destroyed, so contact us right now to beat the deadlines.
